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About Kaarle Krohn
Kaarle Krohn was a Finnish folklorist, professor and developer of the geographic-historic method of folklore research. He was born into the influential Krohn family of Helsinki. Krohn is best known outside of Finland for his contributions to international folktale research. He devoted most of his life to the study of the epic poetry that forms the basis for the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
Everything about Kaarle Krohn →- Occupation
- writer, university teacher, literary scholar, folklorist
- Position held
- docent, professor
- Citizenship
- Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
- Born
- May 10, 1863
- Died
- July 19, 1933